{"id":339707,"date":"2025-12-28T18:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339707\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T18:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:54:10","slug":"glasgow-nhs-board-probe-after-family-cremates-wrong-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339707\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow NHS board probe after family cremates wrong body"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde<\/a> \u2013 Scotland\u2019s largest health board \u2013 accepted that \u201ctwo families have been caused significant additional distress at an already very difficult time\u201d as a result of the incident.\n<\/p>\n

\n It is understood human error was to blame for the \u201cwrongful release\u201d of the body from the health board\u2019s mortuary at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital<\/a> in Glasgow.\n<\/p>\n

\n NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed a full investigation is now underway, with staff involved suspended while this takes place.\n<\/p>\n

\n The families affected were informed of what had happened, with \u201cfull support\u201d being offered to them after the incident, reported to have taken place last month.\n<\/p>\n

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\n Dr Scott Davidson, medical director at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said: \u201cI would like to offer my sincere apologies to both families affected.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe have very rigorous processes for the identification and labelling of bodies from arrival in our mortuaries until their release into the care of an undertaker.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt is of deep regret that these processes have not been adhered to on this occasion, and that as a result two families have been caused significant additional distress at an already very difficult time.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe launched an immediate investigation into this incident and will ensure that learning is applied.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Scottish Conservative public health spokesman Brian Whittle branded the incident a \u201cshocking and unforgivable failure\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n The MSP added: \u201cFamilies entrust the NHS with their loved ones at their most vulnerable moment, yet basic procedures have been ignored with devastating consequences.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAfter previous mix\u2011ups at this very hospital, there is no excuse. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde must be held fully accountable and explain how on earth this was allowed to happen.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n A Scottish Government<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cWe wish to express our sincere condolences to the families involved with this terrible incident.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe are deeply concerned by what has happened and have been clear with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde that they must fully investigate the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde \u2013 Scotland\u2019s largest health board \u2013 accepted that \u201ctwo families have been caused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-339707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}